Theatre Practitioner in Anaesthetics

Employer information

Flexible working

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit Band 5 Anaesthetic Practitioners to join our dedicated theatre team here at Birmingham Children's Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to develop core skills and gain valuable experiences, working in a specialised centre for paediatric surgery.

You will be working within a large multidisciplinary team, across any of our different specialties that we offer here, ranging from complex cardiac surgery to day case procedures. The successful candidate will need to be empathetic, professional and respectful, adhering to our trust values in order to deliver the best possible care to our patients.

If you are seeking a new challenge within your career, then this exciting opportunity could be the one for you!

As leading tertiary centre, the hospital performs a wide range of acute and specialized paediatric surgery, and has a busy Emergency Department managing 60,000 attendances/year and a 31 bed Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. The hospital is a regional designated Trauma Centre and is proposing further service expansions. Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing excellent staff experience and is committed to engagement and improvement.

Main duties of the job

The Children's Hospital theatres are an exciting place to work; full of challenges, development opportunities and delivers great job satisfaction within a supportive and enjoyable environment.

With any role within the Children's Hospital, all practitioners are supported by our Theatre Leads, Mangers and the Education team on their journey. This is in addition to The Birmingham Children's Hospital dedicated Education team. The successful potholder will have exciting opportunities for career growth and development, and our focus is on providing a supportive environment as part of your continuing professional development. We want you to feel a sense of belonging, community, commitment and support.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

• NMC Registered Nurse OR HCPC Registered ODP
• BSc or Diploma in Nursing with relevant University recognised Anaesthetic Nurse course or operating Department Practice

KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

• Understanding of professional and current issues in nursing and/or operating department practice

Desirable criteria

• Experience of post-registration operating department practice or current clinical nursing experience
• Evidence of supervising and assessing students

ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS

Essential criteria

• Able to think quickly in a rapidly changing acute environment
• Able to use own professional judgement to make clinical decisions about Patient's condition and the level of care required.
• Able to appropriately analyse patient's condition to ensure smooth transfer of care back to the ward.

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work well independently and as part of a team
• Able to engage with IT programmes that support patient care
• Able to work flexibly to meet service including weekend and late shifts
• Participate in specialty on calls as required
• Able to plan and prioritise daily workload to ensure high quality and safe care for children and young people

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion
• Demonstrate conduct and behaviors in keeping with the NMC Code/ HCPC regulations

Additional employer information

Sponsorship

Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles in line with current UKVI regulations. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for sponsorship before submitting your application. If you would like more information, please visit: UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience. Such applications will unlikely be progressed to interview.

Reasonable Adjustments

BWC is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment for those with a disability, long term health or mental health condition. The Disability Confident scheme means we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, long term health or mental health conditions, and we want to ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and accessible to all. Our aim is to get the best out of every individual and if successful for interview, you will be asked if you require any reasonable adjustments (special requirements). We will strive to support and accommodate these requests where possible.

Safeguarding

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

• Theatre Practitioner in Anaesthetics (PDF, 425.2KB)